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This Colorful Glimpse At Bonneville Racing In The 1950s Is A Window Into The Evolution Of Speed

There are many elements of SCTA Bonneville Speed Week that really cannot be described as much as they can be experienced. The size and scope of the salt flats is one but the “size” of the...

FIRE! Incredible Photos Of Billy Meyer’s 1977 Funny Car Blaze

(Photos by Bob Boudreau) – These photos depict Billy Meyer’s nightmarish fire at the 1977 NHRA Le GrandNational at Sanair Super Speedway outside of Montreal, Canada (photos say 1972 in...

Ad Watch: Cool Stuff, Weird Stuff, And Iconic Muscle Car Ads From 1965 Car Magazines

Another week, another trip into the BangShift vault o’ fun here at eastern world HQ. This week, we’re looking at some magazine ads from 1965. I mixed it up some this time with muscle cars...

What Is It Like To Drive Tracks? Carfection Drives Tanks In Michigan To Find Out!

When you are in the military, you get a military driver’s license. In the Army, that means that you have to test on pretty much every vehicle and piece of kit that your job requires you to...

King Of The Heap #3 At NCM Motorsports Park: The Cold, Wet, Sloppy Fun Of Winter!

There is nothing tougher than waking up at five in the morning in the dead of winter, knowing that it’s going to be a cold, gray day all day long. Wrapped up in warm blankets, your body begging...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: A Leaf On Leaves?

Welcome to the August Rush. Chad, Daphne, Cole, and even the dog are out at Bonneville. Brian is also out on the salt, though he took a quick vacation to play announcer for the Roadkill Nights event...

This Turbocharged Plymouth Reliant K May Not Be The Hottest Sleeper But It IS The Cleanest K-Car

What is a sleeper? We’d argue that this car a turbocharged Plymouth Reliant K, with double the factory horsepower qualifies for that designation even though it is not capable of running 9s or...

This Documentary Made At Bonneville In 1965 Is Fantastic History You Have Probably Never Seen!

 2016 marks the 102nd year of land speed racing competition on the Bonneville Salt Flats and 1965 is one of those years that sticks out as being particularly awesome. It was the year that the...

Trar-Rod: This 1977 Nova Has Big Tires, A Cage, Lots of Horsepower, And A Spoiler

BangShifter Rob Miller sent us this hot off the presses tip yesterday and we thought that you’d want to see it today. Why? This is one of the more interesting trars we have ever seen because it...

Is The “Aeroscreen” The Answer To Formula 1’s Safety Issue? Check Out The Testing Footage For Yourself!

After the deaths of IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon (2011), Justin Wilson (2015), Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi (2015) and the injury sustained by Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa when he was hit by a...

Rough Start: Finding A 1973 Pontiac LeMans This Clean Is Getting Harder To Come By!

At the risk of sounding like every hipster I’ve ever met, sometimes it’s better that you own something that nobody has seen in forever. You can strike upon the nostalgia the people have...

Amazing Engine Tech: SAM Tech eliminates The Competition By Wringing 825 hp and 8,300 RPM From An NHRA Legal LS7 Stocker Mill

(Words and photos by Stephen Kim) – Any bozo can slap a supercharger on a stock 505 horsepower LS7 small-block and pick up another 200 hp. Yawn. Increasing output that same 200 hp through...

This 1970 International Harvester Travelall TV Ad Makes Us Want To Buy One Right Now

Like today’s truck ads, those made in the 1960s and 1970s were all about preaching toughness, strength, and the veritable indestructibility of the vehicle being promoted. In this case we are...

NASCAR Unveils New Behavioral Rules For All Series – Clearer Definitions For Fights, Intentional Crashes, And More!

(Images: NASCAR.com) NASCAR can claim that the rules recently revealed aren’t a reaction to the November 2015 incident between Matt Kenseth and Joey Logano at Martinsville Speedway all they...